The Washington critic., 1887-10-22
SPORTS OF THE SEASON.

National Jockey Club At Ivy City Will be-
sounded next Tuesday. It eeoms 10 be
settled fact that II will be the best meeting
ever held In Washington and one OF the
beat meetings of the year. All the best
horses will be here, both ilat racers AMI
candidates for honors between the flags.
There Ia considerable doubt a. to the best
two-yenr- old Of the season, and in both the
Arlington stakes, on the fret day, aud the
Capital stAkee, on the third day, the cracks,
Racelsnd, Emperor OF Norfolk aud George
Oyster, will meet, and II one OF them
should be fortunate enough to win both
stakes to him will belong the crown Good
hortemen cay George Oyster is not 10 the
same class with the other two, and the New
York sporting writers fnd considerable
fault with bis running, but Mr. Jenning,
thinks his colt good aud 10 ready aud eager
to do battle with them.
1t is pity that Green Morris did not
come this way with his colt Sir Dixon. Mr.
Norris claims he has tho best, aud here he
would have had 3 chance to prove Ills as
sertion. In this conf ection, II may be said
there is some talk OF the pool.rooms e,ch
putting IN money enough to make BIZ
two year-old stake. 1t would not be bal
idea by any means, and each room could
well AFFORD to give any where from $3.50 to
$500, and the club could, and no doubt
would. add $1,000, thus making stake
worth going for.
The Ivy City course, thanks to the two
hard. working members OF the executive
committee-Messrs +. NJ. Draney and John
II. Kelly-has put on new dress, and old
friends will hardly know It. Wherever one
| looks there are improvements, both for the
| public and the horsemeu. The grand stand
| has been thoroughly overhauled, a new
| roof put on, the chairs painted, handsome
retiring room fitted up for ladies, and the
| platform renewed.
| Members OF the press will be glad to hear
that their stand has been changed, and 10
case Of rain they won't have to hoist um-
brellas any more, aud besides no one will be
allowed in the stand but bona. fide news
paper men. The club house has been fixed
up inside and out, and Colonel sanderson
says he can supply anything from q han
sandwich TO full-grown banquet. II you
don't believe 1t, try him. The steeplechast
field has been put IN first class shape, tn.
grass cut and the Jumps rebuilt and newly
sodded. One OF the prettiest sights OF tue
meeting will be the stetplechases, and 1t it
Il pity that the club has only seen at to give
two during the first five days. Let's hope
for more during the extra meeting There
will be three stakes decided on Tuesday;
the Arlington, for two year olds; the Au
tumnal Handicap and the McKibbin 5 eeple.
chase.
Chicago's baseball managers are securing
the country for new material for the team
for next year. Yesterday they signed Q. E
Hoover, the crack catcher OF the Lincoln
Neb., club, and Hugh Duffy, thIrd-basemsr
OF the Lowell, Mass, club. Duffy is tht
leading batter OF the Eastern League. Ne
goiiations are pending for Hutchinson o.
Des Moines, q pitcher; Sowders, pitcher %
and Crane, pitcher of the Toronto club
Elmer Foster, who will play In New YDrl
next year, was wanted in Chicago, bI
Mutrie's offer OF 81 200 captured him.
At meeting of the executive committee
OF the Jockey Club last night 1t was dc
cided to bar out those horses that have beeI
running on the short tracks near New
York. This is but following the eranpl
set by the Brooklyn, Jerome Park aut
Sbeepshead clubs, and is In the interests o
honest racing. II was decided to inforu
the owner Of Joe Mitchell, who was recent
expelled from the Brooklyn track with hi
horse and the jockey De Long, his son, tina
he cannot participate In the meeting Tn
Jockey Club officials are determined I
every horse that runs at Ivy City must b
without suspicion.
William sharsig OF the Athletic Clu
GENE to Washington on Thursday nigh
and held q conference with President Vo
Der Abe OF the st. Louis Club II IL rt
ported that the latter Ia to buy the Athleti
franchise, he securing the two.thirds intei
est now held by Lew Sinmons aud Charlie
Mason. Won Der Abe offered s35 900 70
this interest in the summer, but 1t was rt
fused.
The Philadelphia Club has signed Hoove
and Kelly, fielders, and Hallman, catcher
all Of the Wilkesbarre Club. 1t ia reporte
that deal ia being made by the PnillIes 70
Pfeffer, the Chicago second basemar
spaulding Is said to have offered him t
Reach for $1,000. The latter will 90 t
Chicago on Monday.
Baltimore had the honor of being the cit
where Detroit won the worlds champion
ship and demonstrated the undoubted 81
peiiorlty OF League mines over Association
Columbia Clubs Field sports.
The nrst fall meeting OF the Columb
Athletic Club began at 2 O'Clock to-day G
/ Anslostsn Island. The programme eu
3 braced football and tennis matches, tul
/ | of-war, hurdle, sprinting and running race
putting the shot, and trap and target shoe
ing The committee In charge were Messr
Harlan, stinemetz, Scarborough, Kerr al
r Ryan.
Mildred Makes IA Correction.
. "Are you going to visit your aunt tn
/ autumn, as you expected ?" asked the Hie
0 School girl.
r | uNixay ~ ranlied Amyu uT can't raj